Cambodian People's Party

The Cambodian People's Party is a centrist (formerly Marxist-Leninist) political party in Cambodia, founded as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) in 1951. The party was founded on the ideals of communism, and it was supported by the Khmer Rouge guerrillas during the Cambodian Civil War and the Vietnam War. The party took power in 1979, ruling for forty uninterrupted years; it modified its stance to become a "big tent" party during the 1990s and became the "party of power" for Hun Sen after abandoning socialism. In 2017, it held 46/61 Senate seats and 68/123 National Assembly seats.